Package-tying device.



.l. J WASKOM.

PACKAGE TYING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 13. 1916.

Patented June 12, 1917.

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JACOB J. WASKOM, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

. PACKAGE-[DYING DEVICE.

Application filed. March 13, 1916. Serial No. 83,842.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB J. lVAsKoM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Louisville, county of Jefferson, and State of Kentucky, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Package-Tying Devices,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to package tying devices, that is, to devicesincluding a flexible member and a securing member whereby packages maybe quickly and securely fastened.

The object of my invention is to provide a device of the class mentionedwhich may be quickly operated without the necessity of threading theflexible member or cord through the securing means. A further object ofmy invention is to provide in a device of the class mentioned a securingdevice adapted for use either upon large or small packages. A furtherobject of my invention is to provide a device of the class underconsideration which may be employed for fastening bundles in which it isdesired to pass the flexible member or cold in either one or twodirections around the package to be secured. A further object of myinven tion is to provide in a device of the class mentioned, consistingof a flexible cord and a securing device, means in the securing devicefor engaging and clamping the cord throughout practically its entirecircumference. Other objects will appear hereinafter.

With these objects in view my invention consists generally in a flexiblemember or cord adapted to be passed around the bundle to be secured anda fastening device attached to one end of said cord comprising a plateprovided at one end with a cord receiving recess and a longitudinallydisposed spring pressed clamping dog adapted to engage the cord and holdthe same within the recess. My invention further consists in providing alaterally disposed slot communicating with said recess whereby the cordmay be readily slipped into the recess without the necessity ofthreading the same into the securing means. My invention furtherconsists ina device as above mentioned in which the walls of the recessandthe end of the clamping dog are concavely formed and that of the dogserrated or grooved whereby the cord shall be firmly grasped throughoutsubstantially its circumference. My invention further consists in adevice as above specified in which the cord engaging surfaces of said recess and said dog shall be angularly inclined longitudinally of thesecuring member to facilitate tightly drawing the cord without thedanger of abrading the same. My invention further consists in variousdetails of construction and arrangement of parts all as will be fullydescribed hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the claims.

My invention will be more readily understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and inwhich Figure 1 is a plan view of a package fastened with a deviceembodying my invention in its preferred form,

Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating a slightly modified form of thedevice,

Fig. 3 is an elevation of a slightly modified form illustrating the sameas applied to a sack,

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the securing device upon an enlargedscale,

Fig. 5 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same,

Figs. 6, 7 and 8 are detail views of portions of the device, and

Fig. 9 is a detail view illustrating the jaw of the latch or dog.

Referring now to the drawings 1 indicates the flexible member or cordwhich is of suflicient length to be passed about the package to be tiedand to one end of the cord 1 is secured my improved fastening device 2.

The fastening device comprises a plate 3 which at one end is broad andflat, as at 4, and at the other end'is reduced in width and providedwith a cord receiving recess 5. A laterally disposed slot 6 extendsinwardly from the side of the plate and communicates with the recess 5so that the cord 1 may be readily passed into the recess without thenecessity of threading the same thereinto.

Pivotally mounted upon the plate 1 is a latch or dog 7. This extendslongitudinally of the plate 3 and is provided at its end with a jaw 8adapted to cooperate with the wall of the recess 5 to securely hold thecord 1. It should be noted that the wall of the recess 5 and the jaw 8are concavely formed so as to engage the cord 1 substan tiallythroughout its circumference. The wall 5 is preferably smooth whereasthe j aw 8 is both longitudinally and transversely serrated as indicatedat 9 to provide a frictional contact with the cord, this construe tionproviding a plurality of cord engaging prongs 10. To facilitate drawingthe cord or flexible member 1 tightly around the package after beingpassed into the recess 5, said recess is forwardly inclined as shownclearly in Figs. 4, 5 and 6; and the jaw 8 is correspondingly inclinedto cooperate therewith. This inclination also causes the jaw 8 to bindsecurely over the jaw formed by the wall 5.

The dog 7 and the base plate 3 are provided with cotiperating ears 11and 12 re spectively which are perforated to receive a pin 13 by meansof which the dog is pivotally connected to the base plate, the cars 11being formed integrally with the said dog intermediate the ends thereof.Interposed between the rearwardly projecting end 14 of the dog and theplate 3 is a spring 15 which normally holds the jaws in operativeposition. It is obvious that pressure upon the end 14: will operate thedog to release the cord from the recess 5 and also will permit of readyinsertion of the cord through the slot 6. To prevent displacement of thespring the end 14 is provided on its under face with a boss 16 as shownin Figs. 4, 5 and 8, which engages in the upper end of the spring andthe base is provided with a recess or socket 17 to receive the lower endof the spring. To facilitate the construction of the device the cars 12are formed upon a plate 18 which is secured to the base plate 3 as bysuitable rivets 19 and the plate 18 is extended rearwardly, as shown inFig. 7, and provided with an aperture which when the plate is inposition, constitutes the socket 17 Then the device is used for suchpurposes as require the cord to be passed around the package in but onedirection, as shown in Fig. 8, the cord is attached to the end of theplate 8 opposite to the recess 5, but if the cord is to be passed inboth directions, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, I prefer to attach the cordto the side of the plate 3 as shown in these figures and also in Fig. 6.

As shown in Fig. 1 the cord is first passed laterally around thepackage, passed under the end 5 of the securing device, then over theportion 4 of the plate 3 and around the package longitudinally, thenpassed through the slot 6 into the recess 5 and then drawn tightly; thedog having been raised during the insertion of the cord into the recess5 and then released prior to drawing the cord tight. It should be notedthat the forward end of the plate adjacent the recess 5 is undercut ortapered as at 20 to facilitate slipping the cord 1 thereunder afterhaving been passed once about the package.

If preferred the plate 3 may be provided with a hook 21 formed on theside of the same opposite to the connection of the cord 1 with theplate, as shown in Fig. 2. By this arrangement it is not necessary topass the cord under the securing device but merely slip the same underthe hook 21.

The operation of the device in its several forms will be clear from theabove description.

I claim 1. In a package tying device, a base plate, means for securing acord to one end thereof, said plate being provided at the opposite endwith a cord receiving recess, a laterally disposed slot extending fromthe edge of the plate into said recess and a spring pressed dog providedwith a jaw co'ciperating with the wall of said recess to clamp saidcord, the wall of said recess and the face of said jaw being forwardlyand upwardly inclined, and the wall of said recess being smooth and theco5perating face of the jaw being both transversely and longitudinallyserrated, substantially as described.

2. In a package tying device, a cord holder comprising a base plateprovided at one end with a cord receiving recess, a plate secured tosaid base plate and provided with integral upturned ears, a dog having ajaw cooperating with said recess and provided with ears pivotallyconnected to the aforementioned ears, an aperture in the last mentionedplate forming with the base plate a recess, a spring having one endseated in said recess and the other end engaging said dog, substantiallyas described.

3. A package tie comprising a base plate provided at one end with a cordreceiving recess, said base plate being substantially thicker at thecord receiving end to provide a greater bearing surface for said cord, aplate secured to said base plate, and provided with upturned ears, a dogprovided with ears pivotally connected to the afore mentioned ears, saiddog having one end substantially thickened to coiiperate with said cordreceiving recess, an aperture in said plate forming with said base platea recess, a spring having one end in said recess and the other endengaging said dog, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JACOB J. WASKOM.

Witnesses:

EDWARD J. Yos'r, EDWARD G. SLAUGHTER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). G.

